Newsom Vetoes PFAS Reporting Bill But Signs Textile, Cosmetic Bans

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has vetoed legislation that would require companies to report annually their use and manufacturing of PFAS, citing cost concerns and redundancies with current requirements, though he has signed two other landmark bills that would ban the use and sale of cosmetics and clothing that contain the chemicals. His veto of AB 2247, the bill requiring one of the nation’s first publicly accessible databases to track the sources and presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...